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Other than a disappointing loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 2, the Seattle Seahawks have impressed this season, once again. Seattle is 3-1, and with back-to-back dominant victories, they appear to be Super Bowl contenders in the NFC.
Jimmy Graham has finally emerged as a strong offensive threat, Russell Wilson has stayed productive despite nagging injuries, and the defense looks as strong as ever. They'll be a tough out assuming they make the playoffs, to put it lightly.
Head coach Pete Carroll has exuded confidence ever since he took over in Seattle, and that hasn't dipped whatsoever. In fact, Carroll is more bullish about this current edition of the Seahawks than any iteration in the past.
From Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times:
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On Monday, in the wake of two double-digit wins since then, Carroll was upbeat enough to declare that the current edition could be, by the end of the season, the best Seattle team he has coached, including the 2013 squad that won the Super Bowl.
“There’s a chance,” Carroll said. “There’s a chance. I think we have a chance to, because of the experience and great leadership that we have, the development and coming of age of the quarterback, we have our kicking game in order. There’s a lot of really good phases of our team that we can count on. We’re growing on offense up front with the guys up front on offense, they’re doing a good job and pass protection is a big deal to us right now and we’ll grow in the running game. I’ve loved this team all along, I’ve seen it coming. Just the way they’ve gone about the work. We have a chance to be really good.”
Despite their struggles on the offensive line and the loss of Marshawn Lynch to retirement, Seattle has proven that they can succeed through the air. Against the Jets, Wilson threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns.
Carroll believes this gives the Seahawks a dimension they didn't possess previously:
“Offensively we are throwing the ball like we had hoped to, like we had seen last year, and we wanted to come out of that and have the same expertise and confidence in what we are doing, and we feel like that,” Carroll said. “And in a game when you play a loaded-up front of guys and you need to throw the ball a little bit more, we did, and that allows the balance to take shape when we need it.”
